Art Exhibitions and Events

ArtWalk on the Bay, San Diego

2009-07-10T10:13:00.001-07:00

Dates: September 12th and 13th, 2009
Hours: 10AM-5PM Saturday and Sunday
Location: Embarcadero Marina Park North (Behind Seaport Village)
ADMISSION IS FREE!

In 2006, the same team that produces Mission Federal ArtWalk in Little Italy began hosting a fall event, ArtWalk on the Bay, at the request of both artists and art lovers.

Held right on the water at Embarcadero Marina Park North, this open-air gallery offers a more intimate experience for attendees, with breathtaking views of San Diego's waterfront. Showcasing the best of San Diego's original works of art for exhibition and sale, ArtWalk on the Bay gathers the finest artists, performers and entertainers in the region to create an event loved by visitors and locals alike.

This year's event will be held September 12 and 13 from 10AM-5PM Saturday and Sunday at the Embarcadero Marina Park North (behind Seaport Village). With over 100 artists and performers, ArtWalk on the Bay will host more than 30,000 visitors throughout the weekend.

The festival will feature the new "Bayside Lounge" which will be serving Bloody Marys, cold beer and wine.

And of course, KidsWalk will provide hands-on activities to keep the whole family entertained!

Followup: July 11 BFSA: Beach, Marquez, Odgers, Weiner

2009-07-02T14:47:00.001-07:00

Lee Joseph sent some additional information about the artists exhibiting in the Lou Beach, Hudson Marquez, Jayme Odgers and Mel Weiner show at Billy Shire Fine Arts on the 11th.

Lou Beach
Beach is a prolific graphic artist who was an album cover designer in the 70s, creating LP jackets for David Sanborn, Weather Report, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Eddie Hazel, The Carpenters, Weird Al Yankovic, Neville Bros., Flying Burrito Brothers, Blink 182, currently illustrates for publications such as Wired Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Random House, McGraw-Hill, and Houghton-Mifflin. Both Matt Groning and Terry Gilliam are fans of Beach's work.

Hudson Marquez

Marquez was the driving force behind the iconic Cadillac Ranch sculpture in Amarillo, Texas. He was also instrumental in Ant Farm's public performances, museum exhibitions, inflatable structures, architectural commissions, illustration work, and videos. Mr. Marquez left Ant Farm in 1973 to co-found TVTV, the seminal "guerilla television" group that is considered to be the ground breaking pioneer of non-fiction television.

Jayme Odgers
Odgers was selected along with fourteen world class artists, including David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and John Baldasari, among others, to do an official poster for the 1984 Olympic Games. His work has been exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum, The San Francisco Museum of Art, Arco Center for the Visual Arts, the Albright-Knox Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Museo Fortuny in Venice, Italy and is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian s Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City and The White House in Washington, D.C.

Mel Weiner
Weiner is a life-long fan of old-school boxing and creates portraits of his heroes using mosaic glass. Weiner feels that both boxing and mosaic are ancient crafts and the mosaic portrait has timeless iconic relevance.

You can see some of the pieces here: http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/bsfajuly09

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www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Group Show feat Jessica Dalva, Scott Holloway, Misato Otake, Jasmine Worth at La Luz Aug 2009

2009-06-25T13:28:00.001-07:00

August Group Show featuring
Jessica Dalva
Scott Holloway
Misato Otake
Jasmine Worth

August 7 - 30, 2009
Artist reception: Friday, August 7, 2009 ~ 8:00 -11:00 pm

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/

Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/aug09

Jessica Dalva "The Devouring of Dominic"
Jessica Dalva loves all things dusty and weathered – whether Victorian portraits of unhappy children or broken fence posts, abandoned and splintered. A mixture of sculpture, painting, fog, driftwood and crows, Dalva's show draws mostly from the story of a sister who loses her brother to mysterious monsters thick in the fog and how she compensates for her loss by collecting piles of things she doesn't need. "It seems to me that it is a common affliction these days to feel the need to acquire objects, or tasty treats, or gambling debts, in order to fill the spaces left behind by mysteries we cannot solve, loves lost or dreams abandoned; this show will look at how various people deal with inadequacies in their lives," states Dalva. Dalva grew up in Northern California and recently graduated from Otis College of Art and Design with a BFA in illustration. http://www.jessicadalva.com/

Scott Holloway
Holloway's current work centers on the holy relics of Saints and biblical figures as highly detailed anatomical icons. Holloway fuses these images with passages from the Bible and text from medical treatise, sprinkled with a bit of Surrealism. Working with oil on panel as well as mixed media, Holloway's pieces conjure up images torn from an old anatomy book, an icon that emerged from an unknown religion and skulls that remind us of our own mortality. Born in Bellingham, Massachusetts in 1969, Holloway discovered his talent at an early age. Encouraged by his teachers to pursue an art career, he explored realism in the tradition of the Northern Renaissance. His efforts won him several awards for his work in the late 1980s. In the 1990s, Holloway spent four years studying the oil painting techniques of the Old Masters at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. Since then, Holloway has been working steadily from his studios in Worcester, and exhibiting his work at area galleries as well LA, NYC, Berlin and London. "I love to work with concepts. I have also created a Madonna and Child series. These works at first appear to the viewer as religious icons. But if you look closer, you will notice I have included an underlying 'femme fatale' theme using a lot of ironic symbolism" states Holloway. http://www.scott-holloways-artwork.blogspot.com/

Misato Otake "Murdered by Beauty"
In her work Misato Otake expresses her affinity with the cute characters of Japanese pop culture and the tattoo, street art and rock 'n ' roll music of contemporary Los Angeles. "Murdered by Beauty" tells of a tragic place where girls use their power of attraction to fulfill desire in a society where sex suppresses and ultimately destroys life and nature. Working with pen and ink, Otake loves to incorporate fine outlines in her acrylic and panel paintings. Otake has included among the 10 pieces in "Murdered by Beauty", her first sculpture, created from Super Sculpy, wires, wood, and beads. Born in Japan, Otake moved to Los Angeles to study art at the age of 15 and currently works as a graphic designer and freelance illustrator. http://www.missileotake.com/

Jasmine Worth "Inner Child"
Jasmine Worth crafts scenes from fairytales gone awry—swirling seamlessly between the sweet and surreal, inevitably dipping into the valley of the morbid. Jasmine studied formally at Watts Atelier in Encinitas, California, and earned her BFA from the Laguna College of Art and Design. While she possesses the credentials, the product of her toils clearly pours from the cobwebbed corners of her mind, not the classroom. Her paintings—a cabaret of vibrant hues—are a blend of soft textures and colorful characters, juxtaposed against gloomy themes. Created in her home of San Diego, Jasmine combines dark influences and subtle-yet-serious undertones with raw artistic talent and a rarely seen creativity. Her work exudes a strong bearing of individuality, manifested through characters that speak almost vocally and give a new element of depth to an otherwise two dimensional medium. Each scene tells a story and every story is as diverse in emotion as it is in appearance. "Inner Child" is based on the concept of the inner child manifest as an independent entity. Worth has recently switched her medium from gouache to oil. "Inner Child" will be the largest collection of her oil works to date. Worth's is collected by the likes of curator/collector Gino Joukar, artist Bibi Davidson and many others. http://www.jasmineworth.com/

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698,

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818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

1933 Group
Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Crazy Al Evans
Diana Jacobs
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab
Heather Watts

Lou Beach, Hudson Marquez, Jayme Odgers, Mel Weiner at Billy Shire Fine Arts: July 11

2009-06-22T15:25:00.001-07:00

Lou Beach
Hudson Marquez
Jayme Odgers
Mel Weiner

July 11, 2009 - August 1, 2009
Reception for the artists: Saturday, July 11th, 7-10 pm

BILLY SHIRE FINE ARTS
5790 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
phone: 323-297-0600
fax: 323-297-0601
http://www.billyshirefinearts.com/
info@billyshirefinearts.com

online press release with images:
www.leejosephpublicity.com/show/bfsajuly09

Lou Beach
Award winning illustrator, former stunt pilot and grifter Lou Beach has created imagery for clients as diverse as Wired Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Random House, McGraw-Hill, and Houghton-Mifflin. Beach began his career in the 1970's designing eye-popping 12" by 12" album cover art and created the visuals for releases by David Sanbourne, Weather Report, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Eddie Hazel, The Carpenters, Weird Al Yankovic, Neville Bros., Flying Burrito Brothers, Blink 182 and many others. Beach remains a vital force in the arts and will be exhibiting several collages and giclee prints in his BSFA show. Born in Germany in 1947, and his name is actually the phonetic pronunciation of his real last name, Lubicz. Beach is happily married, with two children, and lives in an old California home with two dogs and two cats.

"I love the art of Lou Beach because it cheers me up. Lou Beach's art is smart, witty, original, and surprising." -Matt Groening

"Funny, smart, twisted, brilliant...just a few of the words that apply to Lou Beach's beautiful collage illustrations. 'Much better than mine' also apply." - Terry Gilliam

Hudson Marquez
"As the internet continues to spin its world wide WEB, magazines still have staying power. Whether it's the feeling on gets from flipping through the pages or the variety of topics for people of all ages, many are attracted to the physical space of the news stand. Magazines let you browse with your human search engine. I have taken on a few magazines you might find on a trip to the news stand" states Hudson Marquez about his BSFA show. An active participant in the arts and political movements during the late sixties in New Orleans Marquez moved to San Francisco as a member of the Ant Farm Art Collective. At Ant Farm Marquez was the driving force behind the iconic Cadillac Ranch sculpture in Amarillo, Texas. He was also instrumental in Ant Farm's public performances, museum exhibitions, inflatable structures, architectural commissions, illustration work, and videos. Mr. Marquez left Ant Farm in 1973 to co-found TVTV, the seminal "guerilla television" group that is considered to be the ground breaking pioneer of non-fiction television. TVTV was the recipient of many awards including the prestigious Columbia Dupont, for excellence in television journalism. As member of TVTV, Mr. Marquez was voted into the Broadcasting Hall of fame.

Jayme Odgers
"My work is an elaborate typographic conceit. Coming from the world of graphic design, I have long had a love affair with letters, words and typography. Typography can be a first step to making abstract language visual. Ironically, language began as image. Word structure is processed in one hemisphere of the brain and imagery in the other. My work operates in the schism between these two realms" states Jayme Odgers. Working with a multitude of mediums, Odgers' pieces are created with oils, aluminum and gold leaf, gouache, graphite, bamboo, lemon, and monofilament A recipient of over 100 awards of excellence in design including Gold and Silver Medal Awards and an international silver Typomundus Award for excellence in typography, Odgers was selected along with fourteen world class artists, including David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and John Baldasari, among others, to do an official poster for the 1984 Olympic Games. His work has been exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum, The San Francisco Museum of Art, Arco Center for the Visual Arts, the Albright-Knox Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Museo Fortuny in Venice, Italy and is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian s Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City and The White House in Washington, D.C. Odgers was recently commissioned by the Metropolitan Water District to design two public art fountains for their headquarters (next to Union Station, downtown Los Angeles) and is collected by the likes of film director Shawn Levy, director Allen Jaffe, The California Museum of Design, Fashon Designer Sue Wong and many others.

Mel Weiner "Mosaic Boxing Series"
The mangled, distorted and contorted qualities of the boxer have always fascinated Mel Weiner. As a child, he would watch The Friday Night Fights from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The black and white feed of these fights and the classic artisans of the "sweet science," Sugar Ray Robinson, Carmen Basilio, Rocky Marciano and Kid Gavilan, etched a permanent spot in Weiner's psyche. Using mosaic glass for his works, Weiner sees a bond between his medium and boxing in that both are ancient crafts and feels that the mosaic portrait has timeless iconic relevance. "Mosaic Boxing Series" will feature large 34" x 43" mosaics of Carmen Basilio, Sugar Ray Robinson and Cassius Clay with smaller 12.5" x 16" portraits of Roberto Duran, Jake La Motta, Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao and others, along with a series of ink drawings.

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For more information, hi res images or to set up an interview with the artist contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, p 818-848-2698 f 818-848-2699, leejemail@gmail.com

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http://www.leejosephpublicity.com/
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

1933 Group
Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Crazy Al Evans
Diana Jacobs
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab
Heather Watts

Gidget Gein: Post Mortem July 24 2009 Art exhibition at La Luz de Jesus

2009-06-18T13:16:00.001-07:00

GIDGET GEIN: POST MORTEM

JULY 24 - AUGUST 2, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, July 24, 8-11 PM

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
323-662-9227
info@laluzdejesus.com

Musician, writer, bagboy and artist Gidget Gein is perhaps best known as the original bassist for shock-rock outfit Marilyn Manson, but his surreal-pop exploitation art proved to be the most consistent creative outlet in his life - one tragically abridged by an unintentional drug overdose on October 8, 2008. "Post Mortem" references Gein's career as a mortuary assistant, while addressing the mortality of the artist himself in keeping with his signature dark, sardonic sense of humor.

When Gein passed away late last year, the impact of his loss was felt by friends and fans all over the world. His work played heavily in the satirical traditions of fellow artists Michael Ray Charles and Andy Warhol, and functions as an interesting continuation of artists like Kara Walker and Robert Colescott. This is the most extensive gallery exhibition of his art to date and touches on important breakthroughs in his art career spanning 1993 to 2008. Included are selections from his post-Manson street art (under the name Bradley Anne), Blaxpolitation, and Anti-Muse series, as well as UnPop, portraiture, and Sex paintings.

Gidget's perspective on pop culture was never disappointing. Inundated with uncompromising wit, keen insight, and scathing gallows humor, his paintings are a relevant commentary on our idol-worshipping society. Earlier this year, Gein was memorialized during the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame's 2009 Induction Ceremony, and his influence continues to be felt in art and music circles across the globe.

Acting as guest curator for this exhibit is Bill Shafer from Hyaena Gallery (Burbank, CA), Gidget's artistic home for the past three years. "Gidget Gein, has always been at the forefront of important movements in both art and music. Edgy, fearless, and unrestrained, he pushed boundaries and wore his demons on his sleeve," says Shafer. "Gidget knew Kenneth Anger personally and referenced him in his work. He was fascinated by celebrity scandal because he had experienced it. Gein was the Brian Jones of our generation – his image, art, and songwriting shaped a new musical movement exerting influence long after he and his former band mates had parted ways."

Since all pieces on display will be available for purchase, this will be the one and only chance to see a retrospective this complete.

online press release with images:http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/gein

Please contact gallery director Matt Kennedy for presale information, and contact Lee Joseph for press inquiries.

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
http://www.leejosephpublicity.com/
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

1933 Group
Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Crazy Al Evans
Diana Jacobs
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab
Heather Watts

Dale Sizer and Miles Thompson Cartoonist/illustrators exhibit at La Luz de Jesus - July 5

2009-06-17T16:19:00.001-07:00

Dale Sizer
Miles Thompson

July 3 – July 26, 2009
Artist reception: Friday, July 3, 2009 ~ 8:00 -11:00 pm

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/

La Luz de Jesus is proud to present two Southern Californian artists who are also known for their commercial animation and illustration works!

Dale Sizer paints homages to classic retro themes particularly drawing on his childhood fascination with all things tropical to create mash-ups of Polynesian pop and pulp romance. Rough and tumble lovelorn ladies gaze from mid century houses and dangerous vixens hang out in front of the Space Needle. Sizer, a resident of Los Angeles, is also obsessed with vintage Hollywood. Images of old and tawdry tinsel town shape the aesthetic of his pop culture paintings. From the sexy vintage pinup to the darkly nostalgic film noir, Hollywood's glamorous pop icons mold Sizer's cartoonish visions. Sizer's background in the animation departments of Hanna Barbera, Warner Bros, Disney and Film Roman have influenced his recent metal flake vinyl in acrylic portraits of dogs, dames and deserts. http://www.dalesizer.com/

Miles Thompson has cultivated his inspirations from his home state of California's history and culture with specific interest in its abundant natural resources and unique inherent beauty within. His works draw from the myriad of inhabitants living here regardless of species or nationality, a deep love of surf and comic culture, and macabre supernatural Mexican pulp roots. With surfers, girls, tikis, cartoon characters and hobos as his cast of characters, Thompson's work is quite a ride for the senses. A lifelong surfer who grew up in the Californian sun and Pacific waters of the cowboy coast, Thompson has lived in coastal Orange County, Tijuana adjacent San Diego and Los Angeles. Coming out of the character animation program at CalArts, Miles eventually went on to do various shorts for Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival, and since has worked on television shows for Nickelodeon, Disney, Film Roman and Warner Brothers.

Online press release with images: http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/july09
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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 -

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
http://www.leejosephpublicity.com/
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

1933 Group
Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Crazy Al Evans
Diana Jacobs
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab
Heather Watts

October event added to Redondo Beach Artists by the Sea

2009-05-28T16:58:00.000-07:00

CALL TO FINE ARTISTS

We are now accepting Fine Artists Applications from Sculptors, Painters and Photographers.

Application requests: E-mail artbysea@socal.rr.com, or mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Artists by the Sea,

PO Box 3164,

Redondo Beach, CA 90277-3164.

Artist Space fee: $35.00 (10x10)

WHEN: SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2009

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009

10:00AM – 5:00PM

EVENTS: King Harbor Association presents “Artists by the Sea”

One-day outdoor Fine Art event

Free to public

Fine artists will display and sell their creations

WHERE: Avenue of the Arts, North side of Redondo Beach Pier, CA.

(Above Boardwalk, South of Capt. Kidd’s)

Enter Redondo Pier or Marina Parking Lots off Harbor Drive

CONTACT: Becky McLaughlin

Fax: (310) 371-5212

artbysea@socal.rr.com

Anthony Friedkin - Gay, A Photographic Essay

2009-05-18T20:06:00.000-07:00

Anthony Friedkin
Gay, A Photographic Essay 1969-1972
June 20- August 2, 2009
Opening reception: Saturday, June 20, 7 - 10 pm
drkrm.gallery
2121 San Fernando Road, Suite 3, Los Angeles, CA 90065
323-223-6867
E-mail, drkrm@mac.com
Web site, http://www.drkrm.com/
Gallery hours, Tuesday - Saturday, 11am-5pm; Sunday, 1-4pm

Hustlers, Selma Avenue Hollywood 1971
drkrm.gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition of Anthony Friedkin's "Gay, A Photographic Essay 1969-1972" in commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riot and Gay Pride month. The exhibit will be on view at the drkrm.gallery from June 20 to August 2, 2009. There will be a reception honoring thephotographer on Saturday, June 20 from 7-10pm.
This retrospective exhibition of photographs about the Gay community revisits work done by celebrated Los Angeles based photographer Anthony Friedkin. This powerful and important set of vintage photographs historically documents what was then the emerging identity of the homosexual community, and the beginnings of the Gay Liberation Movement. First displayed in a Los Angeles exhibit in 1973 and later again in 1994 it's been over fifteen years since these unique and beautifully printed vintage photographs have been on view. The images in the exhibit depict a wide-ranging composite of gay life: young hustlers, drag queens, transsexuals, San Francisco entertainers; a Gay Liberation parade in Hollywood; two lesbian women very much in love; effeminate boys growing up in an environment of machismo and the religious subculture typical of East LosAngeles. "They were defining their sense of freedom and individuality," says Friedkin, who choose at the time to portray Gay people who refused to conform to society's values. "I wanted to depict their struggles, humiliations, and their triumphs." Also included are portraits of Gay activists Morris Knight and Don Kilhefner, and Gay cleric Troy Perry standing among the burned-down ruins of his downtown church after a suspected arson fire. A reviewer from San Francisco's Artweek said of Friedkin's original 1973 exhibit: "The Gay Essay is comparable in magnitude to Robert Frank's 'The Americans'...the exhibit in its entirety is amazingly strong. And for the most part the photographs are singularly beautiful in execution."

An internationally recognized fine art photographer, Mr. Friedkin's images are in the permanent collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. He is represented in numerous private collections as well. His work has been exhibited world wide and has been published in Rolling Stone, Zoom, Time, Newsweek, and many others.

drkrm.gallery, in cooperation with the Steven Cohen Gallery is proud to present this historic and groundbreaking body of work.

Painting & assemblage - June 5 group show at La Luz w/Mark Bryan, Daniel Elson, Krys Sapp + Magda Trzaski

2009-05-11T12:45:00.001-07:00

June Group Show featuring
Mark Bryan
Daniel Elson
Krystopher Sapp
Magda Trzaski

June 5 - 28, 2009
Artist reception: Friday, June 5, 2009 ~ 8:00 -11:00 pm
LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
www.laluzdejesus.com

Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/june2009

Mark Bryan "Monkeys in my Head"
Mark Bryan usually begins his oil and canvas paintings with a beautiful natural landscape--although he cannot seem to leave it at that. Because of his need to make comment, he feels compelled to fill it up with depictions of absurd human activities and/or violent acts of revenge by Mother Nature. These depictions are full of symbolism, exaggeration and parody, much in the manner of political cartoons. The works in "Monkeys in my Head" bounce back and forth between serious themes and humor just for its own sake. "This time around, the serious pieces are more inward and personal in nature than my usual reflections on politics and the human condition," states Bryan. Born in Southern California during the '50s, Bryan soaked up the pop culture and angst of that era, and the paranoia and anti-war/psychedelic/spiritual movements of the '60s. In the Seventies while attending Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles (where he graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in 1974), Bryan took up with some of the early founders of the Chicano Art movement (Los Four). They introduced him to the Mexican Muralists' work of the early 20th century and the value of their tradition of accessible work with social/political content. In more recent years, the continuing wars, terrorism and the environmental emergency have not served to change his perspective about human nature and continue to provide a never ending supply of material to work with. In spite of the disturbing nature of his topics, Bryan somehow manages to retain a sense of humor about it all. His work appears on numerous satirical and political web sites across the US and internationally. It has been featured as illustration and cover art for publications, including Juxtapoz and Adbusters magazines. Bryan has lived on the Central Coast of California for the past 33 years and tries to paint and surf as much as possible. He has a son, a granddaughter and a cat.
www.artofmarkbryan.com

Daniel Elson "Filling the Spaces"
After co-starring on a reality television series about torture for The History Channel in 2008, Daniel Elson has decided to turn his attention towards exhibiting his art full time. Stylistically, he draws inspiration from the nineteenth century Aesthetic movement and 1930s through 1940s animation, with hopes of achieving something universally appealing. "My current paintings are of a dark and personal nature, while my sculptures are two and one-half dimensional cute wooden characters that usually approach a tragic end" states Elson. In addition to the paintings and sculptures, Elson will be showing four small drypoint intaglios. These are prints made from drawing into copper which are limited to about ten each as the copper wears out quickly. Elson attended the Columbus College of Art and Design to pursue his childhood dream of being an animator. Spending most of his time studying academic drawing, Elson graduated in 2001 just in time to see the closure of every major traditional animation studio. Changing direction, Elson found work with the world's largest producer of Halloween props and animatronics where he created pieces for Disney, Playboy, The Tonight Show, and Rockstar Energy Drink while also designing and fabricating countless props for theme parks, zoos, and hundreds of haunted houses, internationally. Elson has created a body of deliciously unreal paintings, sculptures and toys, refining his material into a feast of details by stringing similar symbols and subject matter through his work to build a sense of change. As a student of art and a self-professed bibliophile, Elson's work absorbs an enormous amount of influence from other artists, leading Elson to plant specific details within his creations to devise "a little art history scavenger hunt for nerds."
www.danielelson.com

Krystopher Sapp "The Devil's Hand Minor"
Assemblage artist Kristopher Sapp likes to stay locked up in his studio and create highly detailed, dark and twisted worlds in the form of mixed media assemblage. For "The Devil's Hand Minor," Sapp has created a 14 piece show based on the Tarot's "Suit of Swords," focusing on the meanings and emotion that each card carries. While Sapp has incorporated dark elements in each piece, he also makes sure that every one is pleasing to the eye. Inspired by his favorite horror and sci-fi movies, war history books and intense nightmares, his works are cultivated from fear and molded into beauty. Sapp uses found objects and items purchased at Home Depot, the place he calls his "art supply store." By day, Sapp is a commercial artist and has created album cover, t-shirt and poster art for bands such as Demented Are Go, Meteors, Necromantics, Tiger Army, 45 Grave, Penis Flytrap, Zombie Ghost Train and many others. www.myspace.com/krysapp

Magda Trzaski
Magda Trzaski's casts of animal-inspired characters are enclosed under glass in forestalled activity, as strange and newfound specimens might have been in the Victorian era. Balloons float in mid-air as tiny sculptures of gangly limbed and cracked-skinned creatures balance in limbo of attempted escape and despair. There is a looming sense of life floating away, contained momentarily within the shadow boxes. The intricate figures highlight the dark undertones in Trzaski's work which is heavily influenced by Dutch Vanitas painters, whose aim was to remind us of the inevitability of death, and the transience and vanity of earthly achievements and pleasures. "There is a theme/subtext of death, despair and escape with a dose of cynicism and self-deprecation. Even though I don't take these themes lightly, I think there's definite a sense of humor in the work," states the artist. Trzaski learned to sew at her grandfather's tailor shop, on wonderful, vintage, pedal-driven sewing machines, which is probably where her love for antiques and old things-things with history-started. She attended Wexford Collegiate, an art high school in Scarborough, where she studied photography, printmaking, life drawing and sculpture, and where her art interest grew. She studied photography and film in University, where she enjoyed the ability to experiment, attempting animated shorts ala Norman McLaren and Stan Brakhage-painting and/or scratching the film surface or gluing various materials to it. In terms of photography, she always favored still life. "The whole memento mori thing started when I discovered the early work of photographers Olivia Parker and Frederick Sommer, among others. My thesis project was a photographic quilt: it dealt with the ideas behind putting together a hope chest. During my spare time I made dolls and various creatures, without seeing the potential of incorporating them into my 'serious' work" states Trzaski, who currently lives in Toronto, ON with her miniature dachshund where, besides making her characters, she dabbles in the magic of fine art jewelry making. www.magdatrzaski.com

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-269, f (818) 848-2699.

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www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

1933 Group
Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Crazy Al Evans
Diana Jacobs
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab
Heather Watts

Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

1933 Group
Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Crazy Al Evans
Diana Jacobs
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab
Heather Watts

Patti's Place at Long Beach Playhouse

2009-05-04T18:41:00.001-07:00

The Long Beach Playhouse and gpromotion is proud to present Patti’s Place. This is local Long Beach lesbian writer/director Debbie Rivas’ first partnership with the Playhouse.

Patti’s Place is presented as an interactive audience experience in a one act play. Patti’s Place is a comedy about three patrons in a gay bar who find themselves involved in deception and discovery as a mother searches for the truth.

Patti’s Place is produced especially for gay pride week in Long Beach and will be presented on Friday May 15^that 10:30 PM, Saturday May 16^th at 10:30 PM and Sunday May 17^that 4:30PM in The Studio II Gallery.

Patti’s Place follows Lanford Wilson’s Fifth of July ON EACH OF THESE DATES [evening] and is free of charge. Utilizing the word “pride” patrons can obtain a $3 discount when purchasing tickets online OR AT THE BOX OFFICE PRIOR for Fifth of July PRIOR TO ATTENDING PATTI’S PLACE.

Fifth of July is a play by American playwright Lanford Wilson. Set in rural Missouri in 1977, it revolves around a gay paraplegic Vietnam veteran living in his childhood home with his boyfriend and focuses on the disillusionment with America in the wake of the Vietnam War.

Come for Fifth of July and stay for Patti’s Place or just come for Patti’s Place which is brought to you free of charge by The Long Beach Play House, gpromotion and Artful Thinking Organization.

The iconic Long Beach Playhouse, LOCATED AT 5021 E. ANAHEIM STREET, is celebrating its 80^th year as Long Beach’s premier playhouse.

The Long Beach Playhouse serves wine, beer, water and sodas before each performance and they can be enjoyed during Patti’s Place.

Contact information: http://www.lbph.com/ or gpromotion@gmail.com

Redondo Beach Artist by the Sea 2009 - Call for Entries

2009-05-03T17:16:00.000-07:00

CALL TO ARTISTS

We are now accepting Fine Artists Applications from Sculptors, Painters and Photographers.

Application requests: E-mail artbysea@socal.rr.com, or mail a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Artists by the Sea,

PO Box 3164,

Redondo Beach, CA 90277-3164.

Artist Space fee: $35.00 (10x10)

WHEN: SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2009

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

10:00AM – 5:00PM

EVENTS: King Harbor Association presents “Artists by the Sea”

One-day outdoor Fine Art event

Free to public – only pay parking fees

Fine artists will display and sell their creations

WERE: Avenue of the Arts, North side of Redondo Beach Pier, CA.

(Above Boardwalk, South of Capt. Kidd’s)

Enter Redondo Pier or Marina Parking Lots off Harbor Drive

CONTACT: Becky McLaughlin

Cell: 310 629-6147 Fax: (310) 371-5212

artbysea@socal.rr.com

Friday May 8, Miss Mindy's Sassy Paper Doll Bonanza book signing at La Luz

2009-04-10T14:55:00.001-07:00

"Miss Mindy's Sassy Paper Doll Bonanza"
book signing.

Friday, May 8, 2009 7 pm - 9 pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
www.laluzdejesus.com

online press release with images:
http://www.leejosephpublicity.com/show/missmindyssassypaperdoll

Hooray for Silly, Sexy Paper Dolls!
Miss Mindy's Sassy Paper Doll Bonanza has arrived, and the cutout lingerie is flying. This first-of-its-kind collection of burlesque girlie-girls is fun and funny as frilly underpants.

More than a dozen scantily clad ladies, each with a matching outfit, are ready to be cut out, dressed up, stripped back down, and paraded through your life. Take one to work with you. Send one to your special guy or gal pal. Use them to corrupt the young and innocent. The power is yours. All you need is a pair of scissors.

Be among the first to fondle these beauties when Miss Mindy signs her new book at La Luz de Jesus Gallery on Friday, May 8 at 7:00 pm. Live sexy girls will be in attendance. Collectible "Sandee Standee" point-of-purchase display figures will be given away to a lucky few. Surprises will be in store.

Miss Mindy's Sassy Paper Doll Bonanza by Miss Mindy, ISBN: 978-0-9778949-2-5, Binding: Soft Cover, Dimensions: 6" x 11", Pages: 64, Price $24.95, published by Baby Tattoo Books: http://www.babytattoo.com/

Miss Mindy has an affinity for past times, and loves to explore mood, expressions and bizarre humor. Her work consists mainly of woodcut paintings, dioramas and shadow boxes, in addition to fluid ink drawings and sketches. Her method evokes a vintage and folk art feel using rough brush strokes and several mediums.

Her stories involve girls and imps, fairies and troublemakers of a most endearing yet bizarre sort. Her narratives find leads in precarious and naughty little circumstances with other players helping along the tales of mishaps and silly shenanigans.

Miss Mindy was born into a family of artists and designers who have been an inspiration. Her grandmother worked as an ink and painter at Disney in the 1930s, her other side of the family were illustrators, muralists and puppeteers, along with her mother, an accomplished mask maker and artisan. In addition, her sister, CJ Metzger has been a collaborator and muse.

In addition to her fine art, Miss Mindy is an accomplished illustrator, concept and product designer for such clients as Hard Rock Cafe Worldwide, House of Blues, Zippo, Distinction Magazine, Warner Brothers, 6 Point Harness, and The Chiodo Brothers. Miss Mindy has written and illustrated two books with Baby Tattoo Books Publishing, "Miss Mindy's Sassy Paper Doll Bonanza" and "Teenie Weenie Tales" which can be found in the "Artists Sisters: Box of Stories" book set. She is currently designing her own line of toys with 'Mindstyle,' a division of The Level 5 Group, and a collaborative set with her sister CJ Metzger. Her artwork can be found in private collections throughout the United States and abroad.

Selected Exhibitions

2007
San Diego Comic and Popular Arts Convention - Booth Exhibition w/sister CJ Metzger
The Wind-up Gallery – "unFOURgetable", w/ CJ Metzger, Lesley Reppeteaux & Shaunna Peterson - Phoenix,AZ - August
American Electric Tattoo – group show, May
Gallery Revisited - "The Secret Lives of Dolls" – Artist Sisters Solo Show, March - April
The Hive Gallery - New Years Group Exhibition
Nucleus Gallery - "After These Messages" group exhibition and window installation
Storyopolis – Exhibition of book artwork – year round

2006
San Diego Comic and Popular Arts Convention - Booth Exhibition w/sister CJ Metzger
Discovery Tour - Open Studio with the Arroyo Arts Collective
Nucleus Gallery - Co Lab Group show
Cactus Gallery - Tiny Treasures Group Show

2004
Center for the Arts - Eagle Rock, Route 66 Art Auction
Lightbringer Project - Silent Auction

2003
Center for the Arts - Eagle Rock Women's Work II Exhibit, curated by CJM & MM
Gallery Ophelia - Girlhood Revisited - Show with CJ Metzger

2002
Gallery Figueroa - "Plaisirs de l'imagination" - show with CJ Metzger & Katrina Alexy

2001
Lankershim Arts Center - Group Show
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock - Women's Work Exhibit
Affair of Art - Ryman Foundation Auction at Disney Imagineering Campus
Art from the Heart - Chase Place Foundation Children's Hospital - Sixth Annual Art Auction
Cannibal Flower - Art and Performance Space – ongoing

2000
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock - Futura Carnival - joint-exhibition curated by CJM & MM

1999
No Ho Nights - North Hollywood Night Street Art Show
Eleven Seven Gallery, Long Beach - Introspection group show
Paintings & Assemblages - Solo show at Sirens Coffee House - La Canada

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity: leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 - f (818) 848-2699.

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab - Supernatural Cat Records
Heather Watts

May 3 - Diana Jacob's The Vincenzo Beforenowafter Theorem book signing and dustmuffin.com launch party!

2009-04-07T17:37:00.001-07:00

Hi!

Hope you are interested in previewing or reviewing Diana Jacob's "Vinceno Beforenowafter Theorem" book signing and "dustmuffin" launch party. What could be better than homemade muffins (by Diana) and champaigne to celebrate art, assemblage and jewelry on a Sunday afternoon? I can't think of too much else...

If you are interested in a copy of the book...please let me know, I'll send one over!

on-line press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/vincenzobeforenowafter

The Vincenzo Beforenowafter Theorem book signing
and launch party for Diana Jacob's "dustmuffin" jewelry company
Join us for homemade breakfast and dessert muffins, Champagne,
and of course books, jewelry and assemblages by Ms. Jacobs.

Reception: Sunday, May 3, 2009
1 pm – 4 pm
Diana Jacobs' Studio
822 S. Wall Street, Unit 201
Los Angeles, CA 90014
www.dianajacobsstudio.com
dianajacobs@dianajacobsstudio.com

Time is a theme in Diana Jacobs' art: working with history, memory and the layering of ideas though imagery and objects. Walking into Ms. Jacobs' studio in Los Angeles, one might feel like a character trapped inside of a curio cabinet, or as if they're poking through their great, great, great grandmother's interesting-yet-slightly-creepy attic all alone. Curiosity is inspired and the snooping instinct kicks in as one is surrounded by found objects and history: science, botany and biology, 19th Century Doll parts, bones, vintage watches, antique jewels, sparkly beads, brilliant feathers, fabric, wire and wings. Each item has its own unique long story to tell. Ms. Jacobs understands that inanimate objects sometimes need a bit of help expressing themselves.
Ms. Jacobs' new book The Vincenzo Beforenowafter Theorem is an exploration of time in 25 images. The book contains haunting and thought-provoking images which took Ms. Jacobs and photographer Kerry Vitiello over a year to piece together. During that time, Ms. Jacobs traveled to France and Turkey while Vitiello journeyed to Africa. When they were finally in Los Angeles at the same time, the pair sat down with their individual works, blending and expanding them to create The Vincenzo Beforenowafter Theorem.

Artwork (assemblages and vintage clock installations) used as inspiration for the images by Diana Jacobs. Photography by Kerry Vitiello. Story by Diana Jacobs and Kerry Vitiello. 9" by 9", 32 pages, first edition printing of 1000, split between a perfect bound soft cover, $28.00 and a numbered hardcover edition, proudly printed on all recycled papers.

dustmuffin
A few years ago Diana Jacobs started experimenting with wearable art. Using many of the same elements in her large-scale work, she created and wore her own assemblage pins, brooches and pendants. These pieces attracted customers who purchased her creations right off of her person on the mean streets of Beachwood Canyon! Soon after, Ms. Jacobs started designing earrings and necklaces…
And thus, dustmuffin was born!
And the world rejoiced…especially the cat.
(After all, an entire company was named after her.)
dustmuffin's designs have three categories:

dustmuffin tulip
Celebrate the beginning of spring, year round. Designs created with Venetian glass, fresh Swarovski crystals and other unique beads. Chains from silver or gold.
Oh-be-joyful!

dustmuffin violet
Classic updated parlor wear. These pieces are created using vintage beads, watch parts, vintage crystals and other findings.
Gilded and glistening!

dustmuffin lotus
Stones and gems are the stars. You'll be cocktail-party ready, that's for sure. Delicious mounds of crystals, stalactites, tourmaline, turquoise and jade.
Sumptuous!
www.thedustmuffin.com

DIANA JACOBS

Diana Jacobs' background in the art community is diverse – from working with commercial artists on Madison Avenue, gallery work on Melrose and freelancing as an illustrator at the Huntington Gardens to teaching at Otis-Parsons. During the last fourteen years, she has focused mainly on her studio work. Her mixed-media and print work has been internationally exhibited and shown throughout the United States. Ms. Jacobs' work also regularly appears in feature films and on television. In the past few years she completed illustrations for The Memory Bible and i Brain by Dr. Gary Small, created a work for The Book Of Lies (a large-scale collaborative piece by the late Eugenia Butler), and was an arts panelist at the Conference of World Affairs, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Diana Jacobs was born and raised on Long Island. She began studying art as a teenager and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. After moving to Los Angeles, she received certificates in botanical and zoological illustration from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Currently, Ms. Jacobs is working on her latest body of assemblages titled Time Travelers and creating designs for her new jewelry line, dustmuffin. Her book, The Vincenzo Beforenowafter Theorem, is fresh off the press.

Ms. Jacobs has a four-page resume with her education, workshops, professional associations, public art commissions, pieces in permanent art collections, awards, museum/gallery exhibitions and published works that can be sent upon request.

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www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab - Supernatural Cat Records
Heather Watts

5/1/09: Four Person Show with JAW Cooper, Lauren Gardiner, Miss Mindy, Lyle Motley at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

2009-04-02T13:25:00.001-07:00

Four person show:
JAW Cooper
Lauren Gardiner
Miss Mindy
Lyle Motley

May 1 - 31, 2009
Artist reception: Friday, May 1, 2009 ~ 8:00 -11:00 pm
LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/

Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/laluzmay2009

JAW Cooper "Daedal"
Inspired by curio cabinets and the complexity of natural systems, JAW Cooper creates illustrations using a variety of media. This series of paintings entitled "Daedal" examines the interconnectedness of species, the bizarre adaptations informed by these connections, and the parallel between evolution as a 'problem-solving' process and the creative process in art. Cooper was born in England and grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, Southern California, and various locations throughout Europe and Scandinavia.
http://www.jawcooper.com/.

Lauren Gardiner "Royalty Before Surgery"
Lauren Gardiner's tiny acrylic paintings and ink drawings are intricate and intimate portraits portraying each subject's every lash, wart and twangy hair. Her works observe and explore how people present themselves for posterity as well as how they react in front of a camera. Her use of ambiguous backgrounds, uncomfortable glares and awkward postures, typical of professional portrait photography, produce humorous yet cynical little vignettes that lend a brief glimpse into the human condition. "Royalty Before Surgery" is a look at royalty with facial deformities and the clothes they wear to cover their disfigurements. Gardiner was born in the U.S., and grew up in Singapore, Australia and England. After earning an Illustration degree in 1998 from the Rhode Island School of Design, Gardiner moved to Los Angeles where she observes the many aggravating facets of human life that help provide the inspiration for her little portraits' paintings.
http://www.laurenfromla.com/

Miss Mindy
Miss Mindy is believed to be an elf or witch by most of the neighborhood children due to her fondness of cooking spells and toy making. Her affinity for bizarre humor resonates within her books, paintings, shadow boxes, and fluid ink drawings. Miss Mindy was born into a family of artists and designers who have been an inspiration since she was wee. Her grandmother worked as an ink and painter at Disney in the 1930s, while her grandfather was an illustrator, muralist and puppeteer. Her mother, Linda, creates beautiful masks out of everything she can get her hands on, and her sister, CJ Metzger, has the art bug, too. Miss Mindy's second book with Baby Tattoo Books Publishing "Miss Mindy's Sassy Paper Doll Bonanza" is a collaborative set with her sister; "Artist Sisters: Box of Stories" is already in stores. She has a vinyl toy named "Dink" that has sold out and has been in a multitude of custom vinyl, group, & solo shows in the United States and abroad. In addition to her fine art & illustrations, Miss Mindy also works in the animation realm in such studios as Nickelodeon and Warner Brothers. Miss Mindy creates in her home/studio in Eagle Rock, CA, with her painter/inventor squeeze, Mr. Rick O'Brien.
http://www.missmindy.com/

Lyle Motley
The paintings of Lyle Motley live in a neighborhood somewhere between words and images, in a place where there is room to reflect, hear and see. Motley's paintings encourage the viewer to participate and challenge the observer to add their own ideas into the mix. Working predominantly in oils, with forays into drawing, mixed media and sculpture, Motley's work is mostly figurative, with occasional contextual abstractions. His non-themed show will include works that are predominantly figurative with some pieces that contain contextual abstractions. Motley has also worked with ceramics and sculpture, played and wrote music (with his band Lyle and the Sparkleface band), worked as a commercial and editorial illustrator, painted murals in Flagstaff, AZ and Salida, CO. He loves the outdoors and aimless wanderings and adventures around the West, life in the city and the middle of nowhere, and all the wackiness of being a dad and operating without enough sleep. It is not surprising that his work has become a unique blend, drawing on many sources. Most importantly, Motley is completely obsessed with smearing paint on things. When he is not smearing, he is fascinated by the light that bounces off the stuff that is all around him. Motley received a BFA from Northern Arizona University in 1993 and currently breathes among the mountains of Colorado and creates with the encouragement of his amazing wife and two boys.
http://www.lylemotley.com/

La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm.

For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-269, f (818) 848-2699.

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
http://www.leejosephpublicity.com/
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab - Supernatural Cat Records
Heather Watts

April 3 - Martha Rich / Robert Pasternak exhibition at La Luz de Jesus

2009-02-25T14:52:00.001-08:00

Martha Rich – "Nice School"
Robert Pasternak – "Doors of Perception"

April 3 - 26, 2009
Artist reception: Friday, April 3, 2009 ~ 8:00 -11:00 pm
LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
www.laluzdejesus.com

Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/richpasternak

Martha Rich – "Nice School"
Where did you go to nice school? This show is an exploration of niceness. What a nice girl. That's nice. If you are nice, people will like you. Do you like nice people? Is nice better than mean? Does nice finish last? Is mean winning? Jerk. Mean gets the attention. Does nice equal doormat? Wimp. Being nice all the time is annoying. Is nice contagious? You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Who wants to catch flies? Nice. Be nice and come see the show.

This is Martha Rich's third show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. Using personal insecurities infused with subtle humor as a base for her narrative, "Nice School" explores her experiences growing up in suburban Philadelphia where young women were expected to be nice, polite and helpful – being liked by all was the ultimate goal. At first glance the paintings appear benign, nice and comforting. Below the surface, the layers reveal a darker side to being nice, trying to answer the question whether being too nice can be a not so nice thing.

Robert Pasternak – "Doors of Perception"
Robert Pasternak (Nak) is one of Canada's most prolific and original visionary artists and creates Metaphysical Still Life (or, Moving Life), surrealistic, abstract & ethereal, diagrammatic & scientific fusion (or, perhaps fission) using acrylic paint with traditional brushes on canvas, board and wood panel. "Doors of Perception" is Pasternak's first exhibition in the United Sates. The artist creates a bridge and often a portal to different states of consciousness, connecting to some aspect of our corporeal being which he believes has shared energy systems with flowers, insects, magnetic and morphogenic fields, chakras, and is wholly connected to macro & micro systems. Some of his creations speak to the body directly, sidestepping the mind while others speak to the mind in a jumble of images, as if they are clues to a greater understanding. "My work transcends boundaries and time within my oeuvre. I work by way of juggling many stylistic worlds and ideas and do not keep to one period of work for any great length of time but am always coming back to add to that body. In this, the creation of work does not really follow linear paths. In this revisiting of themes and styles, I find interesting cross-references where one informs the other. All these sets of work are unique to themselves yet are connected and part of other groups and therefore part of a larger whole" states Pasternak. "Doors of Perception" is comprised of a sampling of some of the areas and styles of Pasternak's works that have been continually developing over his artistic practice, enabling the viewer to see a larger continuity.

Pasternak has worked as a production artist, designing for the garment industry, including logo and crest designs and color separations for screen-printing. He was the art director for Zygote magazine for two years. He worked as a digital colorist for a multimedia firm. Robert's art has graced the covers of many books, including authors Timothy Findley, Guy Vanderhaeghe , Phyllis Gotlieb and Robert Enright. In addition he is a recurring cover artist for such publications as On Spec. He continues to work as a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and fine artist, working on commissioned paintings as well as his own ideas. Pasternak also produces films that are experiments in sound & motion and are extensions of his bilateral symmetry paintings. His first work in this medium was the only Canadian short film selected to play at the Venice Film Festival (Italy) in 2003. The artist will be screening his film work at the opening reception of "Doors of Perception"

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-269, f (818) 848-2699.

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Conscious Life Expo
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab - Supernatural Cat Records
Heather Watts

March 6: Everything but the Kitschen Sync - 11th annual juried art show at La Luz!

2009-02-18T13:15:00.001-08:00

"Everything But the Kitschen Sync"
12th annual juried group show.

March 6 – March 29, 2009
Reception for the artists: Friday, March 6, 2009 8 pm - 11 pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
www.laluzdejesus.com

online press release with images (names will be updated here:)
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/12thannual

La Luz De Jesus Gallery proudly presents its 12th annual juried group exhibition, "Everything But the Kitschen Sync". This gigantic, no-theme exhibition will feature work from what we feel are some of the most relevant artists working today. We have invited commercial illustrators, tattooists, scenic painters, students, and animators to submit work of a more personal nature. The show includes artists we have previously exhibited, who consistently produce some of the most interesting paintings and sculptures in town. The show also includes a large selection of work from a brand new batch of undiscovered, underground talent. This is a wonderful forum for us and for our audience to check out the latest art trends and get the first glimpse of tomorrow's stars. It is also an incredible opportunity for art collectors to peruse more than 150 pieces of juried artwork by over 100 artists all in one viewing, and obtain undiscovered art at recession busting prices. Please join us this March in supporting the latest and most original efforts from the nation's alternative art scene.

The artists (please note this list is partial, we will have all participating artist names in the next few days, check back!)
Sam Saghatelian
Craig LaRotonda
Carl Lozado
Brian Cunningham
Jack Howe
Miran Kim
Heather Watts
Michael Pukac

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Citizen LA Magazine
Conscious Life Expo
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Malleus Rock Art Lab - Supernatural Cat Records
Heather Watts

Lei Liang: Chinese artist at Florence Biennial 09 and Liverpool Biennial 08

2009-02-18T06:10:00.001-08:00

"Sky Plot" 150x200cm Oil on Canvas

Lei Liang: Chinese artist at Florence Biennial 2009 and Liverpool Biennial 2008

Contemporary "Localizationist Artist": Chinese concept based on European techniques.

www.LeiLiang.com

Suicide Girls event at Wacko / Soap Plant / La Luz Feb 7

2009-01-16T15:08:00.001-08:00

Suicide Girls: Beauty Redefined Official Book Signing

Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009
6- 9 pm
Wacko – Soap Plant - La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
www.laluzdejesus.com

www.ammobooks.com/books/suicidegirls/

The Suicide Girls are the alternative, pierced and tattooed online sorority that has become a world wide phenomenon. Started in Portland by Missy Suicide and her friends in 2001, the Suicide Girls broke conventional notions of beauty and the pin-up girl ideal as defined by men's magazines and the culture at large. Unlike the stereotypical blonde, anorexic, and surgically enhanced buxom babes of the "Baywatch" ilk, Suicide girls come in all shapes and colors, with the aesthetic leaning more towards punk rock and vintage Betty Page.

Since launching Suicide Girls, Missy has become a sought after voice on this growing subculture, and on young women's desire for self expression and identity. She has been interviewed on issues relating to music, the Internet, pop culture and body image on numerous radio stations and in publications such as the New York Times, Wired, Spin and Elle. She was recently chosen to model as part of Peta 2's 2008 "Ink, Not Mink" celebrity, anti-fur ad campaign.

In addition to the millions of visitors that frequent the SG website, this book will appeal to both men and women (their membership is split nearly equally) who thought the shy artsy chick with the black eyeliner and a nose ring was the sexiest girl in high school [e.g. every guy in Williamsburg, Silver Lake and beyond].

Come peruse the fresh pressed pages of the suicide girls' latest tome of nuanced sexuality! Prepare yourself for the valentine's holiday by surrounding yourself with a beautiful bevvy of women - present your lover with an autographed copy of the new book! you are bound to be rewarded! "SUICIDE GIRLS" By Missy Suicide, published by Ammo Books, hardcover, 11 x 11 inches - 312 pages ISBN: 9781934429167, $44.95

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F., Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 f (818) 848-2699.

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www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Conscious Life Expo
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Heather Watts

Feb 6 - Daniel Peacock "Creation" La Luz de Jesus Gallery

2009-01-06T12:45:00.001-08:00

Daniel Peacock – "Creation"

February 6- 27, 2009
Artist reception: Friday, February 6, 2009 ~ 8:00 -11:00 pm
LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
www.laluzdejesus.com

Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/dpeacockcreation

Daniel Peacock's acrylic paintings are a mix mash of puzzles, muzzles and fuzzy whatnots. Peacock throws in a bit of politics and a bite of nature with blue skies always returning. Somewhere in the story, taboos get a hair cut, pets get to vote and if you are small enough, something wants to eat you. Humans and critters of wild diversity inhabit a richly conceived dreamscape as if Fellini shared a peace pipe with Dr. Seuss.

Peacock, whose favorite color is periwinkle, "grew up" in the OC catching polliwogs that wiggle and watching things that jiggle. He started painting after years of avoiding the subject, inspired by some old comic book whose origin escapes him. Currently, Peacock, a graduate of Art Center College of Design, resides amongst the birds and squirrels in South Pasadena, CA creating work for private collections and various businesses.

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F., Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 f (818) 848-2699.

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Conscious Life Expo
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Heather Watts

Jan. 2, 2009: Alan Forbes - Unmanned Vessel / Mark Todd - Fragments at La Luz

2008-12-12T13:43:00.001-08:00

Mark Todd – Fragments
Alan Forbes – Unmanned Vessel

January 2- 25, 2009
Artist reception: Friday, January 2, 2009 ~ 8:00 -11:00 pm
LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/

Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/markalan

Alan Forbes - Unmanned Vessel.

Alan Forbes started his career in Hollywood, employed by Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard, where he was a notorious prankster. Early on, he developed the signature icon of The Black Crowes. Since then, Forbes has become a household name among Rock poster collectors, other Artists, and musicians as his portfolio has grown to include over 400 visually explosive silk-screened rock posters, valued for the supercharged imagery, master craftsmanship, and low-numbered editions. Forbes has worked with bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, The Offspring, and the White Stripes. Heavily influenced by horror movies, Mad Magazine and hot rods, Forbes' striking images have been shown in galleries in Boston, Los Angeles, London and France. His current works in "Unmanned Vessel" are created with acrylic on canvas.

Mark Todd – Fragments

In this new exhibition Mark Todd shows an ever deepening interest in deconstructing comic art from his childhood. "The main difference between 'Fragments' and my last showing at La Luz de Jesus is that the works seem to be getting more abstracted and there is more collage elements working into the pieces on paper," states Todd who took his first creative cues from comic books and Star Wars. In this collection of works it is apparent that these two worlds of inventive fantasy still inform his art. Todd references the past, waxes nostalgic about it, and simultaneously lends his own post-modern sensibility to it by employing a limited palette, repetition, distortion and mixed media materials including spray paint, cel-vinyl, glossy varnishes and dusty stains. Todd lives in Southern California with his wife and fellow artist, Esther Pearl Watson and their daughter Lili, an avid artist herself. Todd also co-teaches with Esther at Art Center College of Design.

La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F., Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 f (818) 848-2699.

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
http://www.leejosephpublicity.com/
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Conscious Life Expo
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Heather Watts

Dec 11 - Feral House / Process Media winter solstice event at La Luz!

2008-11-24T12:15:00.001-08:00

WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION AND BOOK SIGNING
Featuring "Dope Menace: The Sensational World of Drug Paperbacks" by Stephen J. Gertz and several other Feral House and Process titles.

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 ~ 7:00 – 9:00 pm
LA LUZ DE JESUS / WACKO / SOAP PLANT
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/

Online press release with images and links to all books
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/feralwinter

Feral House and Process invite you to an early Winter Solstice Celebration and book signing at La Luz de Jesus on Thursday, December 11th. Join us as we gather to honor the darkest day of the year and the rebirth of the sun with ritual book signings and celebration of our latest, greatest titles. Meet our authors, tip back some mead, and get special holiday discounts on signed copies of our books!

This event is the release and book signing party for "Dope Menace: The Sensational World of Drug Paperbacks" by Stephen J. Gertz, "Dope Menace" collects together hundreds of fabulously lurid and collectible covers in color, from xenophobic turn-of-the century tomes about the opium trade to the beatnik glories of reefer smoking and William S. Burroughs' Junkie to the spaced-out psychedelic '60s and of course the gonzo paranoia brought on by Hunter S. Thompson in the '70s, when anything was everything. Author Stephen J. Gertz is a well-regarded authority on antiquarian books and contributor to Feral House's "Sin-A-Rama," an award-winning visual history of sleaze paperbacks from the sixties. Annie Nocenti, longtime editor of High Times magazine, offers an informative foreword. Gertz will be in attendance to sign his new book.

We will also be celebrating these following titles with many of the authors present to sign books and answer all your questions:

"Dark Mission: The Secret History of Nasa" by Richard C. Hoagland and Mike Bara
"Frezno" byTony Stamolis
"The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People" by David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace
"Master of the Mysteries: The Life of Manly Palmer Hall" by Louis Sahagun
"Pure Country, The Leon Kagarise Archives, 1961-1971" by Eddie Dean"
"Secret and Suppressed II: Banned Ideas and Hidden History into the 21st Century"
by Adam Parfrey
"The Secret Source" by Maja D'Aoust
"The Urban Homestead" by Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne

Special Solstice sale:
10% off all signed books - 20% off all books for those purchasing two or more titles.

La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F., Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 f (818) 848-2699.

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
http://www.leejosephpublicity.com/
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Heather Watts

December 5, Alex de Leon and Max Grundy at La Luz de Jesus

2008-11-14T13:15:00.001-08:00

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY

Alex de Leon "He Spilled His Guts Out One Too Many Times"
Max Grundy "Retro Futurism"

December 5 - 28, 2008
Artist reception: Friday, December 5, 2008 ~ 8:00 -11:00 pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/

Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/alexmax

Alex de Leon "He Spilled His Guts Out One Too Many Times"

Alex de Leon's art explores symbolic images of contemporary life. Rhythmical natural patterns interact with the subject matter of his work, balancing ironic images with the aesthetic language of art. De Leon works with enamel on steel, making high gloss images with a printmaking feel to them. His current works emanate from personal experience and observations as he explores and reflects addiction, consumption, lying, repetition and insomnia. "He Spilled His Guts Out One Too Many Times" will also feature de Leon's extremely detailed line drawings. De Leon earned his BFA in Print Making from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1983, before establishing his studio in San Antonio. He has exhibited extensively across Texas and elsewhere in the United States, in individual and group exhibitions, and has also contributed design for film and television. De Leon has been awarded the London Studio Program grant and the International AIR Program grants from ArtPace: A Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio.

Max Grundy "Retro Futurism"

"The most effective images to motivate people and get a reaction are images of fear," states painter, illustrator and graphic designer Max Grundy. Inspired by 1940's and 1950's B-movie, sci-fi and propaganda visuals, Grundy believes that the images of world destruction, alien invasion and communism which were predominate during the WW2 and post-war decades still have a huge influence on the phobias of contemporary society. His interest in vintage 40's/50's era poster design is major inspiration on his art. He admires its use of unusual perspective, limited color palette, dramatic text and design to create maximum effect. Flat shapes and clean design are conducive with the time period of influence. He believes this style has the ability to reach out and grab a viewer because of its economical graphic quality. Grundy currently works with enamel on aluminum panel and feels this media is the most consistent with the subject matter. "We call this particular style retro futurism," states Grundy. His works have been collected by the likes of Metallica's James Hetfield, producer J.J. Abrams, Hell's Angels founder Sonny Barger and "Overhauling" host Chris Jacobs. With a B.A. in Illustration and a Master's degree in painting, drawing and art history, Grundy lives and works in Glendale California as a full time artist.

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F., Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 f (818) 848-2699.

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http://www.leejosephpublicity.com/
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Heather Watts

Dec 6 Alexandra Gibson "From the Outside In" book signing, photographic exhibition and live erotic photo shoot at La Luz de Jesus

2008-11-11T15:59:00.001-08:00

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY

4633 Hollywood Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90027

323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243

Alexandra Gibson "From the Outside In"

Book signing, photographic exhibition and live erotic photo shoot

Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 ~ 6:00 – 9:00 pm

www.laluzdejesus.com

Online press release with images:

http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/alexandra

In an era when popular culture shuns the mysterious & sacred for the garish & over-exposed, Alexandra Gibson cultivates a deeper, innate ideal of sexuality and eros. Her work expresses a genuine desire to explore the individual, to extract and expose the mystery of the spirit.

One could describe her style as a cross-fertilization of social realism and erotica, a distinct departure from the increasingly commonplace www-erotica that relies upon a simple algebra of nudity and exploitive pose. Gibson's muses bare themselves in front of her camera physically and psychologically, exposing a nakedness that is far more than nudity. She documents the very immediate, captures the moment of permission, of acquiescence. When viewing these images one can almost hear the subject exhale, a thumping pulse, the hum of raw lust like electricity.

In her first book "From the Outside In," Gibson offers her audience visions of passion that are unexpected and unique: there are men and women entwined as serpents, spells inscribed with razor and blood, nymphs tamed by rope round slender neck, and near spectral figures emerging from inky black. The body is a tableau to Gibson and she has the distinct ability to emphasize its eroticism through the shooting of the specific (i.e., portraiture) or through the revelation of its more anonymous, seductive architecture. This ability to mate the stark and secret recalls for the onlooker the work of Brassai and Arbus, Man Ray and Mark, Evans and Witkin.

Gibson's work has appeared in countless publications including Rolling Stone, the New York Times, the L.A. Weekly, and Curve. Her photography has been shown in a list of equally prestigious locations: the California State Capitol, the corporate offices of Hewlett-Packard, the Advocate Gallery, & the Helen-Pittman Gallery in Detroit, MI. Most recently, Gibson traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico to study under photography legend Mary Ellen Mark.

La Luz de Jesus Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of new works by Gibson in conjunction with the release & signing of her book. Limited edition archival prints will be on display & available for purchase. Also, as part of this special event Gibson will be erecting one of her famous live photo stages for a live erotic photo shoot in the gallery - an event not to be missed!

Alexandra Gibson From the Outside In: $35.00, Hardcover, 40pp, published and distributed by Alexandra Gibson, www.iwillshootyourhead.com, ISBN: 978-0-9817994-2-1

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F., Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 f (818) 848-2699.

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bernardo Corman
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Crazy Al Evans
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Heather Watts

Nov 8, Jeff Soto "Storm Clouds" book signing at La Luz de Jesus

2008-10-16T14:20:00.001-07:00

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY

"Storm Clouds" the art of Jeff Soto book release and signing.

Saturday, Nov. 8, 6 pm - 9 pm:
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Bl.
Los Angeles California 90027
(323) 666-7667

www.laluzdejesus.com
online press release with images: http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/jeffsoto

"STORM CLOUDS"
Jeff Soto will be at La Luz de Jesus to sign his second installment, "Storm Clouds," which features paintings that evolve beyond the robotic characters featured in the sold out, "Potato Stamp Dreams." "Storm Clouds" captures new painted territory that record Soto's concerns for the well being of his family, the fragile condition of politics, the changing forces of nature and moments for personal exploration and experimentation.

This new hard cover volume features 154 pages, specialty printing techniques and over 264 high-quality, full color images with text by David Choe, Peter Frank, Jeff Soto and Mark Murphy. The book is published by Murphy Books and printed in association with the Riverside Art Museum and the James Irvine Foundation. 8" x 10", Hard Cover,154 Pages, ISBN 0-9771430-8-2, $41.00.

"STORM CLOUDS" FINE ART EDITION
Jeff Soto's special edition includes a one-of-a-kind clam shell box with debossing, full color label and a signed and numbered print set that includes: 4 Signed and numbered archival Lithograph prints, one cover sheet and one certificate of authenticity (which all measure 7" x 7",) packaged up in a protective envelope, protected by a custom corrugated box. Each package is signed and numbered to match the fine art edition of the prints. This is a limited and numbered edition of 250, $455.00.

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday – Wednesday: 11am – 7pm, Thursday – Saturday: 11am – 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm. For high resolution jpegs, interview requests and more information contact: Lee Joseph Publicity, 359 E. Magnolia, Suite F., Burbank, CA 91502, leejemail@gmail.com, p (818) 848-2698 f (818) 848-2699.

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bigfoot Lodge
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Crazy Al Evans
drkrm. Gallery
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Saints and Sinners Lounge
Stinkers
Heather Watts

Nov 7 - P.J. Fidler / Jason Houchen opening at La Luz de Jesus Gallery

2008-10-14T16:18:00.001-07:00

LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY

4633 Hollywood Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90027

323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243

P.J. FIDLER – "The Permutation Generator"

JASON HOUCHEN – "Fallen Trees Spread No Seeds"

November 7 - 30, 2008

Artist reception: Friday, November 7, 2008 ~ 8:00 -11:00 pm

www.laluzdejesus.com

Online press release with images:

http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/fidlerhouchen

P.J. FIDLER – "The Permutation Generator"

PJ Fidler's "The Permutation Generator" reflects the concept of metamorphism – sacrificing what you are to become something else. The paintings focus on life, love, sex and death and how each of these experiences transforms each one of us. Deeply influenced by his childhood surroundings in a small farm community in Central California, his art is an unfolding of nonlinear narratives. Commonly comprised of animal imagery, landscapes and religious iconography, Fidler's work reflects his love of Flemish paintings, vintage children's books, and contemporary graphic design using mixed media on wood and canvas. The results, with their mixture of adolescent archetypes and the dark psychological aspects of the human condition, are often surreal, ambiguous, and yet very much familiar. Fidler studied illustration at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. www.pjfidler.com

"P.J. Fidler's pieces are exercises in exuberance. The macabre and the merry co-exist in a frenzy of color. Such a treat." -- Pam Grossman, www.phantasmaphile.com

JASON HOUCHEN – "Fallen Trees Spread No Seeds"

Through his wood burnings, sculptures, mixed media and paintings, Jason Houchen fuses his Midwestern roots with his love of classical folk art, street art and pop surrealism. Spirits and spirituality, antiquity and memories freely flow from his extremely detailed works. "Fallen Trees Spread No Seeds" has a "how the west was stolen" theme, created with wood, a soldering iron, vintage cigar bands and stained glass. Describing himself as an "urban folk artist," Houchen's art is collected by artists and art dealers and can be found in the private collections of Liz McGrath, SHAG, Glenn Barr, Miles Thompson, Greg Escalante, Jan Corey Helford, Billy Shire and Annie Adjchavanich. Houchen received his BFA from the University of Missouri and is currently working on his masters and teaching in Illinois. www.jasonhouchen.com

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Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts
www.leejosephpublicity.com
818) 848-2698 (p) 818) 848-2699 (f)

Bigfoot Lodge
Billy Shire Fine Arts Press
Black Maria Gallery
Crazy Al Evans
drkrm. Gallery
Davey Jones
East of Eden
La Luz De Jesus Gallery/Press
Saints and Sinners Lounge
Stinkers
Heather Watts